Impact of Maternal Mental Health on the Oral Health Status and Oral Health-related Quality of Life of Their Children

March 1, 2023 updated by: Alaa Mohammed Yehia, Ain Shams University

Impact of Maternal Depression, Anxiety, Stress, and Perceived Social Support on the Oral Health Status and Oral Health-related Quality of Life of Their Children

Dental caries is a complex multifactorial disease that is strongly related to and influenced by the children's dietary habits, sugar intake, salivary flow, salivary fluoride level, and preventive behaviors. Based on the literature, other factors can affect child dental caries including the influence of social factors, such as the family environment. To avoid suffering from dental caries, preventive oral hygiene practices beginning in childhood are crucial. However, parents are the primary providers of oral health care for their children and they generally play a pivotal role in the overall health and oral health of both children and adolescents. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the impact of maternal mental health in the form of depression, anxiety, or stress and their perceived social support on the oral health status and OHRQoL of their children.

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Anticipated)

260

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Locations

  • Egypt
      • Cairo, Egypt, 11566
        • Recruiting
        • Faculty of Dentistry, Ain Shams University
        • Contact:

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

3 years to 5 years (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Probability Sample

Study Population

Egyptian mothers-children pairs: preschool children of both sexes aged 3-5 years who have a full set of primary dentition and their mothers.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Egyptian mothers.
  • Preschool children of both sexes aged (3-5 years who have a full set of primary dentition).
  • Healthy children with no long-term medications, and with no physical, learning, or mental disabilities.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Mothers who do not consent to participate in the study (either for themselves or for their children)
  • Mothers with any diagnosed mental disorders.
  • Pregnant mothers or mothers who delivered within the last year.
  • Mothers with any diagnosed physical disabilities.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
Egyptian mothers-children pairs
Egyptian mothers-children pairs attending the Faculty of Dentistry, Ain Shams University will be recruited.
Diagnostic test: Interview-based questionnaires & Clinical examination
Interview-based questionnaires will be conducted among Egyptian mothers attending Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health outpatient clinic at Faculty of Dentistry, Ain Shams University by the principal investigator. Clinical examination of the oral health status of their preschool children aged 3-5 years will be conducted by the principal investigator.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
The presence of maternal mental issue in the form of depression, anxiety, or stress
Time Frame: 1 year
The mental health of Egyptian mothers is assessed through the validated Arabic form of the depression anxiety stress scale-21 (DASS-21).
1 year
The caries experience of their children (aged 3-5 years)
Time Frame: 1 year
Dental caries experience is estimated by calculating the three components (decayed, missed, and filled) of the dmft index for primary teeth according to World Health Organization (WHO).
1 year
The oral hygiene status of their children (aged 3-5 years)
Time Frame: 1 year
Oral hygiene is assessed by the debris component of the modified form of Oral Hygiene Index-Simplified (OHI-S) that can be used for deciduous teeth.
1 year
Oral health-related quality of life of their children
Time Frame: 1 year
A validated Arabic version of the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (ECOHIS) is used to examine mothers' perceptions of their preschool children's oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL).
1 year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
The perceived social support of Egyptian mothers
Time Frame: 1 year
The perceived social support of Egyptian mothers is assessed by the multidimensional scale of perceived social support (Arabic- MSPSS).
1 year
The oral health-related behaviors of their children
Time Frame: 1 year
Egyptian mothers are asked five questions about their children's snacking habit, frequency of tooth brushing, brushing with or without adult assistance, and dental visit utilization and pattern. These questions were adopted from previous similar studies in English and then were translated into Arabic.
1 year
The perception of Egyptian mothers about the dental health status of their children
Time Frame: 1 year
Participants are asked to rate the dental health status of their children on a 5-point scale from 'very good' to 'very poor'.
1 year

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Ain Shams University

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

May 8, 2022

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

January 1, 2024

Study Completion (Anticipated)

June 1, 2024

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 21, 2023

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 1, 2023

First Posted (Actual)

March 3, 2023

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 3, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 1, 2023

Last Verified

March 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • DPH 22-1D

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

Clinical Trials on Mental Health Disorder

Clinical Trials on Interview-based questionnaires & Clinical examination

Search Similar Trials

Sponsors and Collaborators

Medical Conditions

Drug Interventions

CROs by country

CROs in Taiwan

Conditions

Rare Diseases

Drug Interventions

Dietary Supplements

Sponsor/Collaborators

Locations

3
Subscribe